The Department of Labor builds partnerships between management and the labor organizations representing City employees. The department also oversees matters related to the City’s Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and workplace anti-harassment policies, FMLA, ADA, and other EEO areas. As the City’s main point of contact for the labor community, we:

• Handle negotiations between City unions and City management.
• Respond to unfair labor practice charges filed against the City.
• Investigate complaints of sexual harassment and discrimination from any City employees, applicants, former employees, or members of the public.
• Represent the City in union disputes.
• Make sure employers with City contracts pay prevailing wages.
• Resolve minimum-wage waiver requests.
• Administer and enforce the City’s worker protection laws.

The Department of Labor includes the Office of Employee Relations, the Office of Labor Relations, the Office of Worker Protections, the Office of Labor Standards, and the Living Wage Working Group.